58 Fish, Fishing and Fisheries of Pennsylvania. 



the winter were sometimes times of hardship. Da one occasion, in the 

 middle of a winter's night, when the thermometer had sunk far below 

 zero, they both had to hurry from their beds to rescue the trout eggs 

 from the floating boxes, the water in which they were freezing solid. 



Mr. Duffy, who lived at Marietta, took a deep interest in the hatchery. 

 He was a genial, whole-souled man, who hated and despised but two 

 classes of men, dishonest men and fishermen who plied their trade 

 illegally. As long as the hatchery was at Marietta the fish in his 

 own ponds were freely loaned the state for spawning purposes, and 

 from them come most of the splendid stock which are now in the ponds 

 of the other hatcheries of the commonwealth. 



